Coronavirus - Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

The fascinating way COVID-19 and climate change are linked

Climate change has a very real impact on social health. Prevention of more health crisis such as COVID-19 could be reliant on dealing with Climate Change. The emergence of COVID-19 has changed our lives for a long time to come. With 38 million confirmed cases and over...

To prevent pandemics we must protect nature

AnimalAgri, Coronavirus

A new report finds human exploitation of nature set the scene for the coronavirus pandemic which has claimed thousands of lives globally. When the scientists who warned the world last year that 1 million species face extinction issue a new warning about the “pandemic...

Coronavirus is forcing us to rethink our relationship with meat

AnimalAgri, Coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic is resurging in many countries that thought they had it under control. One of the key hotspots is in slaughterhouses and meat-processing plants. Now it the time to rethink eating meat. As Victoria entered Stage 4 restrictions in July, the...

7 reasons to go vegan during the pandemic

Blogs, Coronavirus

In light of the new COVID-19 restrictions in place across much of the country, many of us are now staying home again to help keep our communities safe during the pandemic. Yet there’s another straightforward – and very rewarding – way to help change the world for the...

COVID-19 is ‘a threat to the environment’ says Sir David Attenborough

ClimateChange, Coronavirus

Sir David Attenborough said the Covid-19 pandemic was a threat to the environment as politicians deal with the crisis instead of climate change. The naturalist and broadcaster expressed his fears to environmental activist Greta Thunberg at a virtual wildlife...

Study finds coronavirus strain in pigs could spread to humans

AnimalAgri, Coronavirus, GoodNews

Researchers find that coronavirus strain which existed in China since 2016, SADS-CoV, that infects piglets can be replicated in humans. A strain of coronavirus that has been infecting pigs in China since 2016 – causing them severe diarrhoea and vomiting –...